Mrs. Constance Elizabeth Dillingham, age 84, of Hart, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, November 22, 2013. She was born March 28, 1929, in Shelby to Louis and Vesta (Griffin) Stevens. She graduated from Hart High School in the Class of 1947. Connie married Neil T. "Tom" Dillingham on June 25, 1949, at St. Gregory Catholic Church in Hart. She was employed at Hart Public Schools in the cafeteria for nineteen years, until her retirement in 1987.

Connie is survived by her husband of sixty-four years, Tom Dillingham; her daughter, Jane (Jeff) Gleason of Hudsonville; her sons, James (Trudi) Dillingham of Mears and Thomas (Sally) Dillingham of Woodland Park, Colorado; her grandchildren, Julie Morin, Katie Gleason, Melanie Phillips, Laura Gleason, Jamie Dillingham, Jarod Dillingham, Matthew Dillingham and Benjamin Dillingham; her great-grandchildren, Maya Morin and Zachary Morin; her brother, Fred Stevens of Kalamazoo; her twin sister, Carol Drake of Crystal Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Charles Stevens.

The Memorial Service for Mrs. Dillingham will be held Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. from the King Funeral Home, with Fr. Phillip Sliwinski presiding. Interment will be in the Hart Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 4595 Broadmoor Ave., S.E.,Suite 230, Kentwood, MI 49512